Horseshoe



(No Model.)

- .8. K. MINTON.

Horseshoe.

Patented May 31,1881.

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WITNESSES Niren States Patent Fries,

SEBASTIAN K. MINTON, OF DES MOINES, IOVA.

HORSES'HOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,352, dated May 31,1881.

' Application filed March 17, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEBASTIAN KIRBY MIN- TON, of Des Moines, Polkcounty, Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an inverted plan Viewof my improved shoe. Fig. 2 is a plan view, showing beveled inner edge.Fig. 3 is a rear view, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a toe-calk.

My invention relates to improvements in horseshoes; and it consists inthe peculiar construction of the horseshoe, as hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents one half of my improvedhorseshoe, provided at its toe end with a rounded projecting flange orpiece, a, which fits into a corresponding recess, b, in the toe end ofthe other half, B, of the horseshoe. O is a rivet passing through holesregistering with each other in the toe ends of the half-shoes, wherebythe two halfshoes are pivoted together-at thctoeof the shoe.

My invention is intended to be applied to horses having contracted feetor sand-cracks, and to this end the upper face of the shoe is beveledinward or made concave from near its outer edge entirely around theinner portion of the shoe, as shown in shaded lines, leaving a narrowbearing, r, for the horses foot along the outside edge of the shoe,which brings the bearing of the shoe on the outside of the foot andtends to spread the foot.

D is a toe-calk, provided with a hofe, d, for the insertion of a screwpassing into a hole in the horseshoe, and having a slot, 6, for the pas-(No model.)

sage of a second screw, by means of which the hinge may be opened orclosed, as desired.

F represents a plate, having a wide bearing at its middle for thesupport of the frog of the horses foot, and provided with a hole, a, atone end for the passage of a screw inserted therein, and thence into theshoe, the plate F being provided at its opposite end with a longitudinalslot having a screwinserted therein, and thence into the shoe, wherebythe heel ends of the shoe can be spread apart or brought together,turning on the toe-hinge and secured in any desired position.

H H represent heel-calks secured to the shoe, and provided with rightand left screw-holes S S for the passage of the right and leftscrewbolts 25 t, secured on each end of the block 19.

In practice the shoe is secured to the contracted foot by nails, in theusual manner, and when needed a wrench is applied to the block 12,opening the heel ends of the shoe, as desired, thereby relieving thecontraction of the foot.

What I claim as new, is-

The combination, with the halves A B of a horseshoe hinged together atthe toe and having their upper faces beveled inward, leaving the bearing0 near the outside edge of the shoe, of the toe-call; D, having hole 0and slot (1, plate F, having screw-hole a and slot m, heelcalks H,having right and left screw-threaded holes, and bloekp, havingright-and-left screwbolts t, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth.

SEBASTIAN KIRBY MINTON.

Witnesses:

O. J. MOULENAHAN, JosIAH MAY.

